Planting & CarePlants do not thrive in Zones 9 to 10 without a period of refrigeration; they need a cold, dormant period. Select a site with soil that drains well. How can you tell? After a good rain, find a spot that is the first to dry out. Water trapped beneath the scales may rot the bulb, so a well-drained site is essential. Also, select a site that gets full sun.

Sunlight: Full sun

Soil: well-drained soil

Water: Medium

Temprature: 17- 35 C

Fertilizer: Apply any organic fertilizer

Care:

The vining varieties require a support structure as some can get 15 feet tall.

Install the plant in the ground at the same level it was growing in the nursery pot.

Most plants are grafted onto the common rootstock because of its superior hardiness.

Care:

Clean away from around the base of the rosebushes any trimmed debris that can harbor disease and insects.

Late in the season, stop deadheading rugosas so that hips will form on the plants; these can be harvested and dried on screens, away from sunlight, then stored in an airtight container.

Special Feature:Where winter hardy, this flowering tree is commonly planted as a lawn specimen. Also useful as a shade tree of street tree.UseMedicinal use:

The common name pau d arco (as well as its other main names of commerce, ipê roxo and lapacho) is used for several different species of Tabebuia trees that are used interchangeably in herbal medicine systems.

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impetiginosa is known for its attractive purple flowers and often is called “purple lapacho.